The Details http://www.iamaaronmartin.com/blog I reside here. Fri, 04 May 2012 16:52:50 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 iPad Keyboard Prototype http://www.iamaaronmartin.com/blog/2012/ipad-keyboard-prototype http://www.iamaaronmartin.com/blog/2012/ipad-keyboard-prototype#comments Fri, 04 May 2012 16:52:27 +0000 Aaron http://www.iamaaronmartin.com/blog/?p=1076

This is brilliant. Hopefully this happens soons, much like how Apple listened to several designers on how to handle notifications better.…

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This is just fantastic.…

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The Onboarding Process - User acquisition is hard. A steady sign-up flow, a solid intro to your app or system, and an easy segue into using …

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I’m not going to write 10,000 words explaining the entire thing, because in all honesty, I …

]]> http://www.iamaaronmartin.com/blog/2012/instagram-facebook/feed 0 Greta: A New Typeface from Typotheque http://www.iamaaronmartin.com/blog/2012/greta-a-new-typeface-from-typotheque http://www.iamaaronmartin.com/blog/2012/greta-a-new-typeface-from-typotheque#comments Tue, 10 Apr 2012 17:10:27 +0000 Aaron http://www.iamaaronmartin.com/blog/?p=1011

Typotheque is by far my favorite modern foundry. The faces they continually release and update are incredibly versatile. It’s obvious how much they love letter forms by the amount of detail and focus each face, weight, and letterform contain. The …

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Facebook Sustainability - Nice little parallax site showcasing some sustainability mumbo-jumbo.
Nokia Invents Vibrating Tattoos - The future is going to be weird. I don’t want my skin buzzing when my phone rings.…

]]> http://www.iamaaronmartin.com/blog/2012/friday-link-dump/feed 0 San Francisco as Seen from an RC Helicopter http://www.iamaaronmartin.com/blog/2012/san-francisco-as-seen-from-an-rc-helicopter http://www.iamaaronmartin.com/blog/2012/san-francisco-as-seen-from-an-rc-helicopter#comments Mon, 19 Mar 2012 16:25:41 +0000 Aaron http://www.iamaaronmartin.com/blog/?p=987 …

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Gathering all the correct icon sizes for an iOS app is a pain in the rear. It’s even more so now that you have 4 screens to design and build for. I’ve taken the time to get a template together …

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I absolutely love saving time and being efficient, and in the spirit of that, I’ve developed some Photoshop actions to create iPhone and iPad documents with predefined grids.

iPhone actions: 12-column portrait, 8-column landscape.
iPad actions: 12-column portrait, 12-column landscape.

Click here …

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]]> http://www.iamaaronmartin.com/blog/2012/experience-freedom/feed 0 Years: A Record Player that Plays Wood http://www.iamaaronmartin.com/blog/2012/years-a-record-player-that-plays-wood http://www.iamaaronmartin.com/blog/2012/years-a-record-player-that-plays-wood#comments Thu, 09 Feb 2012 17:20:43 +0000 Aaron http://www.iamaaronmartin.com/blog/?p=950 …

]]> http://www.iamaaronmartin.com/blog/2012/years-a-record-player-that-plays-wood/feed 0 Úlfur – Black Shore http://www.iamaaronmartin.com/blog/2012/ulfur-black-shore http://www.iamaaronmartin.com/blog/2012/ulfur-black-shore#comments Tue, 31 Jan 2012 16:45:31 +0000 Aaron http://www.iamaaronmartin.com/blog/?p=934 …

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I hate Ty so much. So, so much.…

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]]> http://www.iamaaronmartin.com/blog/2011/best-image-ive-seen-in-months/feed 0 Khoi Vinh on Too Much Design http://www.iamaaronmartin.com/blog/2011/khoi-vinh-on-too-much-design http://www.iamaaronmartin.com/blog/2011/khoi-vinh-on-too-much-design#comments Tue, 14 Jun 2011 16:17:00 +0000 Aaron http://www.iamaaronmartin.com/blog/?p=912

It’s difficult to say exactly how much design is “too much,” but finding that middle ground may be the most important job that an interaction designer has.”
— Khoi Vinh

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The details are not the details. They make the design.”
-Charles Eames

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